Page 18 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • September 28, 2011 Obituaries Betty DiGruttila, nee Luther, of Stamford, Connecticut, formerly of Allendale, died Sept. 20. She was 80. She graduated from Fordham University’s School of Pharmacy in 1952. She was a registered pharmacist and, along with her husband, owned Allendale Pharmacy. She was a former president of the Allendale Board of Education, served as the president of the Bergen County School Boards Association, and was a former head of the Allendale Republican Club. She is survived by her children Carolyn Hiller of Stamford, Connecticut, Jim DiGruttila of Ramsey, and Nancy Silligman of Omaha, Nebraska, nine grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband Nick, her son Dwight, her brother Alfred E. Luther Junior, and her great-granddaughter Mia. Arrangements were made by the Van Emburgh-Sneider-Pernice Funeral Home in Ramsey. Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association Greater New Jersey Chapter, 400 Morris Avenue, Suite 251, Denville, NJ 07834 or to the charity of choice. Kaitlin Joyce of Waldwick died Sept. 20. She was 16. She is survived by her parents Bob and Alison Joyce, her sister Christina, her grandmother Barbara Joyce, greatgrandmother Theresa Smith, and many aunts, uncles, and cousins. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Memorial donations may be made to United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation, 8085 Saltsburg Road, Suite 201, Pittsburgh, PA 15239. Cecelia Grace Komjian, nee Malatesta, of Waldwick, formerly of Hawthorne and Ridgewood, died Sept. 16. She was 80. She was a homemaker and a parishioner of Saint Luke’s R.C. Church in Ho-Ho-Kus. She was a member of the Hawthorne Neighborhood Players, the Waldwick Historical Society, and had served on the Waldwick High School Graduation Ball Committee. She is survived by her husband Robert Komjian of Waldwick, her children Donald Komjian of Huntersville, North Carolina, Diana Mabie-Willis of Muncy, Pennsylvania, Vinnette Komjian of Waldwick, and David Komjian of Ringwood, six grandchildren, one greatgrandchild, and her sisters Ursula Kearns of Hawthorne and Elizabeth Vecch of Waldwick. She was predeceased by her sister Marjorie James. Arrangements were made by Browning-Forshay Funeral Home in Hawthorne. Walter J. Landzettel of Allendale, formerly of Fair Lawn, died Sept. 17. He was 68. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He had owned and operated Lazon Paints in Fair Lawn. He was a member and former president of the Fair Lawn Lions Club. He is survived by his wife Arlene E. (Kuzinski), his son Walter Landzettel III, and three grandchildren. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Colonial Home, Betty DiGruttila Inc. in Fair Lawn. Memorial donations may be made to the Fair Lawn Lions Club, c/o Vander Plaat Colonial Home, Inc., 13-31 Saddle River Road, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410. Joseph Barron Leeds, formerly of Allendale and New Smyrna Beach, Florida, died Sept. 21. He was 92. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of WWII. He was a graduate from Brown University. Before retiring, he was a senior executive of Grand Union Company. He is survived by his wife Claire (nee Beaulac), his children Dr. Kathryn Meininger, Ellen Zebrun, and Barron Leeds, six grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. Arrangements were made by Blake-Doyle Funeral Home in Collingswood. Memorial donations may be made to the Deborah Heart and Lung Foundation, 200 Trenton Road, Browns Mills, NJ 08015. Marion F. Ravensbergen, nee Weber, of Waldwick, formerly of Maywood and Dumont, died Sept. 19. She was a founder of the Dumont Swim Club and served as its first president. She was a charter member and active in all phases of her church since 1958. She is survived by her children Michael, Neil, and Karen Carty, and five grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband Cornelis. Arrangements were made by Frech Funeral Home in Dumont. Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America or Parkinson’s disease in her memory. George Saterson of Ridgewood died Sept. 20. He was 86. He was a U.S. Navy Air Corps veteran. In 1948, he received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from City College in New York. He spent 17 years working for U.S. Gypsum in various positions including plant and management positions in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Texas, and Georgia. He joined Litton Industries in 1967 as vice president of manufacturing for Kimball Systems in New Jersey and was later promoted to president. He served as president of Sweda and became a Litton corporate vice president in 1977. He was the chief operating officer of Docutel, an early ATM business, in Dallas, Texas, and president of several businesses in Irvine and Santa Clara, California from 1983 until his retirement from Dastek in the late 1990s. He is survived by his wife Athena Saterson of Ridgewood, his children Constantine of San Diego, California, George of Brooklyn, New York, Kathryn of Durham, North Carolina, Chrysanthe of San Jose, California, and Anastasia of New York, New York, and three grandchildren. Arrangements were made by Olthuis Funeral Home in Midland Park. Memorial donations may be made to Operation Smile, 6435 Tidewater Drive, Norfolk, VA 23509. Anna Mae Siss, nee Korzinek, of Wyckoff died Sept. 20. She was 89. She was a graduate of Ramsey High School’s Class of 1940, and was a planner of her class reunions. She was a graduate of Paterson General Hospital School of Nursing’s Class of 1943 and served as the president of the Joseph Barron Leeds nurses’ alumni group for four years. She was a member of Advent Lutheran Church in Wyckoff. She is survived by her husband Alfred A. Siss, MD, her children Alfred A. Siss Jr. of Hoboken, Eric K. Siss of Santa Monica, California, and Christine S. Keeler of Wyckoff, seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her daughter Marianne R. Siss. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Memorial donations may be made to the Advent Lutheran Church, 777 Wyckoff Avenue, Wyckoff, NJ 07481 or a charity of choice. Bernard John “B.J.” Steinke of Saddle River died Sept. 15. He was 94. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of WWII. He was a graduate of Saint Cecilia High School in Englewood. He received a degree in mechanical engineering from New York University in 1942 and was involved in graduate studies there until 1945. He was also a member of the honor society Pi Tau Sigma. He had been a design engineer for the U.S. Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York and a marine engineer for George G. Sharp naval architects in New York City. He later worked for the U.S. Rubber Company in Naugatuck, Connecticut (1945-48) and the contractor B.H. Steinke, Inc. in Englewood. In 1950, he became a founding partner of Dwight Engineering Associates, an electrical and mechanical engineering firm in Englewood and later Woodcliff Lake. He is survived by his children Bernard “B.P.,” Thomas, Sheila, Linda, Maria, Colette, Peter, and Andrew, 21 grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife Lillian May (nee Schroeder), and his son Jerome. Arrangements were made by Van Emburgh-Sneider-Pernice Funeral Home in Ramsey. Salvatore Venti of Palm Coast, Florida, formerly of Wyckoff, died Sept. 18. He was 90. He was a U.S. Army Air Force veteran of WWII. He studied art at the Commercial Illustration Studio Art School and Pratt Institute and then embarked on a 40-year career in advertising. Initially, he was employed as an art director at Parents magazine. He then owned his own graphic design studio for 12 years, followed by 26 years working for top New York advertising agencies. He retired in 1987. He is survived by his wife Anita (Tammy), his children Linda Camille Venti of Lexington, Massachusetts, Steven of Hanover, New Hampshire, Michael of Liverpool, New York, and Lisa Overholts of Zionsville, Pennsylvania, and nine grandchildren. He is also survived by his sisters Anna Parinello of Leesburg, Florida, and Lucy Cottone of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and his step-brother Frank Ventimiglia of Oxnard, California. He was predeceased by his first wife Eleanor Camille. Arrangements were made by Vander Plaat Funeral Home in Wyckoff. Memorial donations may be made to the James A. McFaul Environmental Center, 150 Crescent Avenue, Wyckoff, NJ 07481. Please make checks payable to County of Bergen and include Environmental Center Trust Fund in the memo line. Bernard John Steinke Marion F. Ravensbergen Kaitlin Joyce George Saterson Cecelia Grace Komjian Salvatore Venti Walter J. Landzettel Anna Mae Siss